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Eisenhammer Motorcycles

A Brief History of the Marque

Manufactured by Eisenhammer AG, Thalheim, 1922-1926

Built motorcycles with DKW two-stroke engines of 206cc and 225 cc. The name Eisenhammer means "iron hammer". Some 800 were produced and two of these machines still exist, one of which is in a collection in Thalheim.

Sources: GTU Oldtimerservice, johanngeorgenstadt.de, gewerbepark-zwoenitztal.de

N.B. It is possible that motorcycles were produced by Löffler and Paul Rudolph at Maschinenfabrik Thalheim in the years 1919 to 1921, before the company name became Eisenhammer AG. (gewerbepark-zwoenitztal.de)


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